Hafertepe atop Mid-Season Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings

So, it comes as little surprise that the Sunnyvale, TX, racer leads the way in the Mid-Season edition of the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Sprint Car Power Rankings.

After topping the 2016 Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings with ten wins on the season, Hafertepe has already reeled off 11 wins over the first half of the 2017 campaign including last weekend’s $15,000 Dirt Cup score.

With his strong start to the season, Hafertepe, Jr., holds a 130-point advantage over second-ranked Matt Covington, who holds the edge in a tightly-contested battle for second in which fewer than 50 points separates the ten drivers ranked from second to 11th.

Earning points in more races than any other Winged 360 shoe and leading the way in top-tens with 23, Glenpool, Oklahoma’s Covington is just six points ahead of Albuquerque native Johnny Herrera with Clute, TX, ace Aaron Reutzel making a jump up to fourth after taking the ASCS Speedweek title.

The Winged 360 Power Rankings are presented by Rod End Supply, which offers a wide assortment of rod ends, radius rods, and specialty products that fit the needs of anyone involved in all variety of auto racing and performance related industries including farming equipment. More information regarding Rod End Supply is available at www.rodendsupply.com.

The Mid-Season Top 100 in Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings (through June 28)…

Rank

Name

Hometown

Wins

Points

Previous

1

Sam Hafertepe, Jr.

Sunnyvale, TX

11

389

1

2

Matt Covington

Glenpool, OK

0

259

8

3

Johnny Herrera

Albuquerque, NM

3

253

3

4

Aaron Reutzel

Clute, TX

4

246

32

5

Seth Bergman

Snohomish, WA

1

244

12

6

Wayne Johnson

Oklahoma City, OK

1

237

17

7

Mark Smith

Tower City, PA

6

232

5

8

Davie Franek

Wantage, NJ

3

221

14

9

Thomas Kennedy

Winnipeg, MB

4

218

2

10

Jason Barney

Constantia, NY

3

215

31

11

Morgan Turpen

Cordova, TN

8

212

4

12

Kyle Hirst

Loomis, CA

1

203

25

13

Sean Becker

Roseville, CA

2

198

7

14

Justin Sanders

Prunedale, CA

3

191

21

15

Blake Hahn

Sapulpa, OK

1

191

24

16

Jason Solwold

Burlington, WA

3

184

54

17

Coleman Gulick

Binghamton, NY

2

184

30

18

Derek Hagar

Marion, AR

3

172

15

19

Robbie Stillwaggon

Burlington, NJ

2

172

10

20

Terry McCarl

Altoona, IA

2

171

16

21

Terry Gray

Bartlett, TN

0

169

13

22

Jared Horstman

Cloverdale, OH

6

168

34

23

Jordon Mallett

Greenbrier, AR

1

168

9

24

Dylan Westbrook

Scotland, ONT

5

167

33

25

Jared Zimbardi

Bradford, PA

4

167

47

26

Jonathan Cornell

Sedalia, MO

4

165

44

27

Jack Dover

Springfield, NE

5

160

65

28

Andy Forsberg

N. Auburn Hills, CA

2

159

23

29

Shane Golobic

Fremont, CA

1

159

6

30

Geoff Ensign

Sebastopol, CA

3

156

22

31

Travis Rilat

Forney, TX

2

156

11

32

Marshall Skinner

W. Memphis, AR

2

154

37

33

Tim Crawley

Benton, AR

1

154

51

34

Jamie Ball

Knoxville, IA

0

153

62

35

Lee Grosz

Harwood, ND

1

147

56

36

Mitchell Faccinto

Hanford, CA

2

146

29

37

Clint Garner

Sioux Falls, SD

3

145

46

38

Ray Allen Kulhanek

Conroe, TX

3

142

70

39

Cory Eliason

Santa Cruz, CA

3

140

20

40

Roger Crockett

Medford, OR

2

135

NR

41

Justyn Cox

Sacramento, CA

2

132

80

42

John Carney II

El Paso, TX

0

128

55

43

Chuck Hebing

Ontario, NY

1

126

52

44

Jon Agan

Knoxville, IA

0

125

85

45

Danny Varin

Fonda, NY

2

122

88

46

Derek Locke

Mechanicsburg, PA

0

121

64

47

Brian Bell

Memphis, TN

3

120

18

48

Skylar Gee

Leduc, AB

0

118

63

49

Colton Heath

Marysville, WA

1

116

69

50

Doug Hammaker

Grantville, PA

3

114

40

51

Greg Hodnett

Thomasville, PA

1

114

72

52

Cody Ledger

Omaha, NE

0

114

220

53

Chase Ridenour

Perry, MI

1

112

133

54

A.J. Maddox

Tampa, FL

1

110

19

55

Shawn Donath

South Onondaga, NY

0

110

73

56

Josh Baughman

Odessa, TX

0

109

35

57

Ryan Roberts

Aurora, NE

1

108

36

58

Kyle Bellm

Nixa, MO

2

106

78

59

Bryan Howland

Auburn, NY

2

106

60

60

Jason Shultz

Chambersburg, PA

1

106

111

61

Willie Croft

Sacramento, CA

1

100

57

62

Justin Henderson

Tea, SD

0

100

58

63

Alex Sewell

Broken Arrow, OK

1

99

74

64

Mason Moore

Princeton, CA

1

99

39

65

Mitch Brown

Brantford, ONT

0

98

105

66

Steve Poirier

St. Mathieu de Beloeil, QUE

1

97

NR

67

Michael Miller

Ocean Springs, MS

1

96

45

68

Michael Kofoid

Penngrove, CA

2

94

66

69

Tony Stewart

Rushville, IN

1

92

26

70

Matt Moro

Polk City, IA

0

92

142

71

Jason Martin

Liberal, KS

1

91

118

72

Ryan Giles

W. Des Moines, IA

1

91

91

73

Randy Martin

California, MO

3

89

109

74

Rico Abreu

St. Helena, CA

1

89

50

75

Dustin Daggett

Grand Ledge, MI

0

89

195

76

Harli White

Lindsay, OK

0

89

38

77

Dustin Morgan

Owasso, OK

0

89

94

78

D.J. Netto

Hanford, CA

2

87

84

79

Kyle Sauder

Archbold, OH

0

86

59

80

Carson McCarl

Altoona, IA

1

84

49

81

Danny Smith

Chillicothe, OH

0

84

27

82

Colby Wiesz

Colfax, CA

2

82

110

83

Steve Collins

Belfast, NY

1

82

92

84

Andy McElhannon

Nesbit, MS

1

82

97

85

Reece Goetz

Snohomish, WA

0

82

100

86

Danny Martin, Jr.

Tampa, FL

0

82

28

87

Sammy Swindell

Germantown, TN

1

81

153

88

Chad Layton

Harrisburg, PA

0

80

164

89

Curt Michael

Ocean View, DE

1

79

77

90

Matt Kurtz

Jacksonville, FL

2

78

41

91

Sawyer Phillips

Pleasantville, IA

1

78

148

92

Zane Lawrence

Lillian, TX

0

78

61

93

Paul Kinney

Canastota, NY

0

78

198

94

Chris Martin

Ankeny, IA

0

78

135

95

Jordan Boston

Crete, NE

2

77

194

96

Lucas Wolfe

Mechanicsburg, PA

2

77

122

97

Colby Copeland

Roseville, CA

1

76

53

98

Eric Lutz

Sioux Falls, SD

3

75

212

99

Nate Snyder

Halifax, PA

2

74

252

100

Phil Gressman

Fremont, OH

0

74

141

Features Completed: 274

Number of Different Winners: 160

Number of Drivers to Earn Points: 599

The Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings are a part of the Open Wheel Power Rankings that also includes STIDA Winged 410 Power Rankings, Momentum Racing Suspensions Non-Wing 410 Power Rankings, the Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360 Power Rankings, the www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings and 305 Power Rankings presented by Dodge City Raceway Park.

A part of the recurring “The Wheatley Chronicles” series of articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, the Open Wheel Power Rankings are determined by cumulative points based on a sliding scale dependent upon car count at Sprint Car and Midget events across all sanctions and non-sanctions throughout North America.

The Wheatley Chronicles brings insight and highlights from all variety of racing series throughout the nation in 2017 and beyond along with the Open Wheel Power Rankings on a regular basis. Please send any comments, questions or advertising inquiries regarding The Wheatley Chronicles at www.sprintcarmania.com to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.